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Michael Dunkley has questioned the motives of those protesting against the refusal of a work permit application, highlighting that the unions agreed to existing immigration policy after broad consultation. “What has changed?” the Premier asked, with ...

No type of science is needed to sense that emotions and tempers are boiling over an issue that has caused the drawing of verbal swords at a time when Bermuda should be mature enough to avoid sinking our island ship. But sink it we are in the process ...

Insulting attacks “will not end well” for detractors of the People’s Campaign, warned union leader Jason Hayward, who said a false narrative had unfairly blamed protesters for dividing the country and inciting a “clash”. The president of the Bermuda ...

Dear Sir, It grieves me to have to put pen to paper but, alas, I cannot go on without voicing concern about the situation that is occurring in these islands. What I witnessed last night watching the television news has got to be the most outrageous a...

Walton Brown says the handling of the Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit shows the Bermuda Government’s lack of connection to the mood of the country. The Progressive Labour Party MP said in a statement yesterday: “This issue highlights the need f...

Looking back at 2016, it is remarkable how often the year was invoked as an argument against its own events. Take just a few examples. A CNN article implored: “It’s 2016. What’s with all the sexism?” A Los Angeles Times op-ed reminded readers: “It’s ...

Dear Sir, Conservatives understandably lament what appears to be utter stupidity on the part of far too many of our ordinarily sane Bermudian workers et al, and who we all accept can be the very best in the world when not conflicted by “mind games” b...

Dear Sir, I have noted with interest the controversies surrounding the airport redevelopment proposal and the extension of the Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit. I wish to note that it should be evident to all that one of these decisions has a fa...

Would-be soldiers will this week get another chance to sign up for service in the Royal Bermuda Regiment. The RBR is to hold the final enlistment night at its Warwick Camp headquarters tomorrow before the two-week Recruit Camp kicks off on Sunday, Ja...

The deadline for the Commission of Inquiry to submit its report to Michael Dunkley has been extended. After the hearing schedule and timeline had been agreed, the panel had been expected to provide its final report on December 31 last year. However,...

Dear Sir, I would like to make a few comments on the present unrest over the Government turning down the work permit request on behalf of AME pastor the Reverend Nicholas Tweed. First, the Government, the minister for the control, nor anybody else ...

Many years ago while a student at Purvis Primary School, my class learnt a song about Bermuda, of which the lyrics are: “Out in the ocean, so far away. There’s an island so pretty, where sweet breezes play. A dream land they call it, where dreams com...